COT Register of Interests A - E

Direct employment.

Edinburgh Napier University (2011-Current). 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Expert Advisor, Dunedin Solutions Ltd (Nov 2023-Present) Unremunerated role.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Chair – Chief Scientist Office Clinical Academic Fellowship Committee (non-remunerated role),

Chair – NHS Assure Grant Funding Panel (non-remunerated role),

Member of British Society of Immunology.

Other personal interests.

Co-Founder of an emerging Edinburgh Napier spinout entity (PlusPEP). Future commercial focus around the application of Sodium Butyrate and/or vitamin D for the treatment of rhinovirus infection in humans (International patent WO2021198691A1).

Grant holder and Principal Investigator, Interface Innovation Voucher, held with Mercel Ltd. “Algumer Enzyme Protection”.

Fellowships.

Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (current).

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Direct employment.

United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US Government Agency) (2009-2011),

University of Edinburgh (2005-2009),

Policy officer at the Health Department, Scottish Government (2004-2005).

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Fellowships.

British Science Association Media Fellowship (2018), hosted by BBC Scotland.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

Direct employment.

Emeritus Professor of Imperial College London, National Heart & Lung Institute.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

Bank Santander

Barclays Bank

BT Group

Centrica

Iberdrola SA

Lloyds

National Grid

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Fellow of British Toxicology Society,

Fellow of British Pharmacological Society,

Honorary member of EUROTOX,

Member of the US Society of Toxicology,

Member of Board of Directors of International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI)  - Europe,

Member of Committee on Medical Effects of Air Pollutants; chair/vice-chair of FAO/WHO JECFA (vet),

Member of FAO/WHO JMPR,

Member of WHO TobReg,

Member of FAO/WHO JECFA (contaminants).

Other personal interests.

Member of External Advisory Committee, Michigan State University (MSU) Center for Research on Ingredient Safety (CRIS);

Chair/Member of a number of ILSI Europe technical committees and working groups addressing generic risk assessment issues (microplastics, threshold of toxicological concern, packaging migrants, benefit-risk assessment),

Member of Expert Advisory Group, The Personal Care Products Council, Washington, D.C: carcinogenic risk of sunscreen products,

Member of Science Advisory Board, Plastics Europe bridging project: Bridging the Gap between Microplastics and Human Health,

Member of the Science Management Team of the National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC).

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Direct employment.

Imperial College London, Department of Medicine (retired June 2017, part-time appointment from Aug 2017-May 2019),

Full retiral June 2019.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Fellow of Royal Society of Biology (until 2019),

 Member of Board of Trustees, Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (until 2021),

 Member of Board of Trustees, ILSI (until 2023),

 Convenor (chair) of ISO TC126 Working Group 10 (Intense Smoking Regime), nominated by UK Department of Health (until 2022).

Other personal interests.

Member of Science Advisory Board, Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology, Basel, Switzerland (until 2020),

 Member of Scientific Advisory Board, Long Range Research Strategy (LRSS), Cosmetics Europe (dormant),

 Member of Scientific Advisory Board of the Agency for Innovations in Food and Chemical Safety Programme, Science, Technology and Research, Singapore (A*STAR) (until 2022),

 Member of Scientific Advisory Board of Owlstone Medical (until 2021).

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

European Commission Horizon 2020: EUROMIX: Assessing the health risks of combined human exposure to multiple food-related toxic substances (until 2019).

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

Direct employment.

Syngenta - Principal Science Advisor, Product Safety.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Regulatory Science Associates – Leadership Consultant.

Shareholdings.

AstraZeneca.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Crop Life International, Crop Life Europe – Chair or Member of Expert Groups,

European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology (ECETOC) – Member of Scientific Committee and Task Forces,

British Toxicology Society (Fellow and Member of Executive Committee; President since 2024),

Society of Toxicology - Member,

Royal College of Pathologists - Fellow.

Other personal interests.

My wife also works for Syngenta.

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

The British Toxicology Society receives donations from a number of companies (e.g. AstraZeneca, Corteva, GSK, Syngenta, Unilever, Apconix, Charles River, BIBRA) to support its activities, including an Annual Congress and Education and Training opportunities.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Direct employment.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

Syngenta.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

NC3Rs – Board Member,

ECVAM Scientific Advisory Committee – Member,

Advisory Committee on Pesticides Medical and Toxicological Panel - Member.

Other personal interests.

None.

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

Direct employment.

None. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None. 

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None. 

Other personal interests.

None. 

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

Wife is a member of the Food Standards Agency Advisory Committee on Animal Feedingstuffs (ACAF).  

Other non-personal interests.

None. 

Direct employment.

None. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Consultancy Nottingham Trent University (Silicon Supplement development), Silicon Active, my Wife is a  share holder.

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None. 

Other personal interests.

None. 

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

None. 

Other non-personal interests.

Direct employment.

Unilever employee.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None. 

Shareholdings.

Unilever shareholder.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Chair of the UK Food and Drink Federation Allergen Steering Group,

Chair of Food Drink Europe Allergen Steering Group.

University of Nebraska Food Allergy Research & Resources Board (FARRP).

Other personal interests.

None. 

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

None. 

Other non-personal interests.

None. 

Direct employment.

None. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None. 

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None. 

Other personal interests.

None. 

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

None. 

Other non-personal interests.

Direct employment.

Cardiff University.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Director of Medical, Scientific & Toxicological Consultancy Ltd.

Shareholdings.

50% shareholder of Medical, Scientific & Toxicological Consultancy Ltd.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

National Trust Member.

Other personal interests.

None.

Fellowships.

Royal College of Physicians of London, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, British Pharmacology Society, Royal Society of Biology. 

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee (MHRA) , Expert Committee on Pesticides (HSE).

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Direct employment.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

Direct employment.

Ramboll UK Limited.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Membership:

UKHSA Committee on Carcinogenicity,

 HSE UK REACH Independent Scientific Expert Pool (RISEP) RISEP.

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Ramboll is a member of Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and I am the lead contact.

Other personal interests.

I work for clients who are food and food contact material manufacturers.

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

Member of  the UKHSA Committee on Carcinogenicity (COC).

Other non-personal interests.

None. 

Direct employment.

None. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None. 

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None. 

Other personal interests.

None. 

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

None. 

Other non-personal interests.

Direct employment.

Liverpool John Moores University

Reader in Computational Toxicology.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Consultancy (on-going projects):

Crop Life Europe (2020 – present; total value: €200,000),

BASF (2025 – present; total value €25,000),

P&G (2025 – present; total value €25,000).

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None. 

Other personal interests.

None. 

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

None. 

Other non-personal interests.

None. 

Direct employment.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Regulatory Science Associates: 2024 for 6 months: £8,000,

BASF: 2020 for 12 months: €35,000.

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None. 

Other personal interests.

None. 

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

None. 

Other non-personal interests.